My take on Down vs Downs
was OK originally from some area in the Motherland
but now referred more to a type of breed ummmm maybe that should be
micron, whatever the correct terminology is.
i.e. from The New Zealand Woolcraft Book by Plowman/Jackson in the
back p186 is a grade appendix for USA
Fine wools - Crossbreed wool breeds - Medium wool breeds - Long Wool breeds
and
within that comes the named sheep breed - Dorset & Hampshire and
various other counties type sheep breed are in Medium section.
UK mentions Dorset Down, Hampshire Down. Oxford Down, Southdown but
also there is Dorset Horn, Exmoor Horn
SA doesn't have any Down[s] or Horn[s] :-)
AU also mentions Short Wools or Downs [!] and lists some of the above
mentioned for UK in the section
sooooooo it I would begin to think it was more a spelling situation
that what is actually correct IMHO :-)
cathy
where it's the 31st/Saturday and the weather is just noooooooooot
nice. We had just a glorious fine day yesterday to overcast and gloom
today [New Zealand]
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